Tamani

Kwiziq community member

26 August 2017

26/08/17

Thank you, that is helpful! So it seems that the article is incorrect where it says: 'To indicate the degree of timeliness...you can use these two expressions avoir (5 mins) de retard/d'avance or être EN RETARD/en avance de (5 mins).' N'est-ce pas?

David

Kwiziq community member

27 August 2017

27/08/17

Hello Tamani. Note that the final "de" belongs to both "en retard" and "en avance". That slash can be somewhat confusing. You should read that text as these four options:
"avoir 5 mins de retard", "avoir 5 mins d'avance", "être en retard de 5 mins", "être en avance de 5 mins".